Carrier profile · USDOT 2267245 · MC-771430 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

A Sterling Freight Carrier Inc

12 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 19 statesEASTVALE, CA51/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-771430 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 19.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 96 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 17.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 12

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈4.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
96
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈4.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0measure
SMS · per-BASIC
70%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance33 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
18False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 6 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255005
20242022
20232002
20223013
20202012
20191111
20141001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 21, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 19, 2025TX00Yes
May 8, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 20, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 6, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2024TX01Yes
Jan 22, 2024AL01Yes
Oct 31, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 14, 2023SD00Yes
Oct 29, 2022VA01Yes
May 14, 2022AZ00Yes
May 3, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2020OK01Yes
Dec 18, 2019PA219Yes
Nov 26, 2014TX00Yes
Nov 22, 2012KY00Yes